Joe Rogan is bullish on the UFC’s new broadcast deal.
The UFC’s unique five-year rights cope with ESPN will wrap up on the finish of 2025, and the promotion has already lined up its subsequent historic chapter with a seven-year, $7.7 billion U.S. broadcasting partnership with Paramount Skydance Company.
Paramount+ will function the premier U.S. dwelling for all 13 marquee numbered UFC playing cards and 30 Struggle Evening occasions every year. Each bout will stream on the platform, with choose blockbuster playing cards additionally airing concurrently on Paramount’s flagship community, CBS.
The largest shake-up for followers sees the UFC abandoning the standard pay-per-view mannequin, placing each occasion inside attain for Paramount+ subscribers. Within the U.S., plans vary from $7.99 to $12.99 a month for the ad-free tier that additionally consists of Showtime. Nonetheless, UFC CEO Dana White has teased the potential of occasional “one-off” pay-per-view occasions.
Joe Rogan Sees UFC-Paramount+ Transfer As A Large Win For MMA Followers
Throughout a latest episode of The Joe Rogan Expertise, the long-time UFC commentator shared his tackle the promotion’s blockbuster cope with Paramount+. Rogan believes changing the traditional pay-per-view mannequin with an all-access streaming strategy might be a game-changer, drawing in a wave of recent followers and increasing the attain of MMA to a broader, extra numerous viewers than ever earlier than.
Joe Rogan, who first joined the UFC in 1997 as a backstage interviewer at UFC 12, has witnessed the promotion’s evolution by means of each main broadcast period, from Spike TV to FOX to ESPN.
Now, as Dana White confirmed, the 58-year-old MMA mainstay isn’t going anyplace; Rogan might be entrance and middle because the UFC enters its new chapter with Paramount.
